Main/Essential Question
This question will probably be set by the teacher and will provide the overall direction for the study of the topic. Study/Subsidiary Questions
These are the questions brainstormed by the children, but may include questions contributed by the teacher to ensure that important aspects are not missed.
"I had seven nifty little friends,
they taught me all I knew,
their names were WHAT and WHEN and WHERE,
WHICH and HOW and WHY and WHO ."
The Seven Helpers
This chart is good to enlarge to A3 and alaminate and then put up on your classroom wall. This chart of the basic question types is nice and simple, but gives great overall coverage
on one page!
This process could involve:
ICT - use of "Inspiration" - see the link Fromnowon below.
Thinking skills and Graphic Organisers
What will it look like in your classroom?
Here is one way of generating "Good" questions
The children should fill in the questioning part of the Research Organiser pages
Main/Essential Question
This question will probably be set by the teacher and will provide the overall direction for the study of the topic.
Study/Subsidiary Questions
These are the questions brainstormed by the children, but may include questions contributed by the teacher to ensure that important aspects are not missed.
"I had seven nifty little friends,
they taught me all I knew,
their names were WHAT and WHEN and WHERE,
WHICH and HOW and WHY and WHO ."
This chart is good to enlarge to A3 and alaminate and then put up on your classroom wall.
This chart of the basic question types is nice and simple, but gives great overall coverage
on one page!
This is a chart showing 30 useful questions that teachers and children can use in the classroom
This process could involve:
ICT - use of "Inspiration" - see the link Fromnowon below.
Thinking skills and Graphic Organisers
What will it look like in your classroom?
Here is one way of generating "Good" questions
The following link from www.rosetown.wikispaces.com has some interesting ideas from Jamie McKenzie about these two types of questions:-
http://fromnowon.org/nov97/toolkit.html